District Business Services

Director
925.942.3403

District Business Services provides financial advisory services to the eighteen school districts in Contra Costa County and to the Fiscal Services Department within the County Office of Education. Our mission is to provide continuous, efficient and effective support and training to all districts in the areas of finance and payroll.

Our areas of responsibility include:

• AB1200 Oversight – review and monitor financial and budgetary activities (including annual budget, interim reports and unaudited actuals) of all districts
• Preparation and publication of annual countywide financial report
• Assistance in interpretation of legislation and regulations relevant to school business
• Liaison between state personnel, county auditor/treasurer personnel and district personnel
• Commercial warrant auditing
• State apportionment distribution
• Revenue limit calculations
• Fund, account and cash reconciliations
• Interest distribution
• Processing of a variety of state reports
• Assistance with installation and use of state financial software
• Preparation and maintenance of forms and procedures
• Preparation of deposits and journals
• Assistance in payroll calculations, adjustments and processing
• Payment and reporting of payroll taxes and retirement
• Preparation of W-2’s and 1099’s
• Electronic banking services
• Worker’s compensation payments and abatements
• Audit and process state retirement reports for STRS and PERS
  

This department also provides training and support for the FAC (Fiscal Accountability and Control) System. This is a completely integrated Finance, Payroll and Personnel system used by 15 districts and the County Office of Education. The service provider for the FAC system is the Contra Costa County Community College District in Martinez, California. For further information please see www.4cd.net/k12.

Fiscal Services serves as the regional coordinator for Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (MAA) reimbursement.